The paradox of the “body mass index paradox” in dialysis patients: associations of adiposity with inflammation
Open Access
- 1 October 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 82 (4) , 909-910
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/82.4.909
Abstract
With great interest, we read the recent review article by Kalantar-Zadeh et al (1) on the survival advantage of obesity in dialysis patients. We would like to respond to the fundamental assumptions of this review article and to the authors’ comments on an earlier report of ours (2).Keywords
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